And so it begins. There is no way we are going to be allowed to keep the internet and our liberty with computers.
They just HAVE to take it away from us peasants.
New Intel processors to contain DRM suggested by Hollywood studios
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Re: New Intel processors to contain DRM suggested by Hollywood studios
#12As one of the comments suggests, this seems doomed to failure. Paying for a streaming version of a movie doesn't seem very desirable, as it's inherently non-portable. There's a good chance I want to watch somewhere I don't have real[0] broadband. If it's too difficult to do that, I can always find a torrent. This situation does not seem likely to change. [0] Mobile "broadband" doesn't count. In most places, it is ent…
> Paying for a streaming version of a movie doesn't seem very desirable Right, that's why Netflix Instant is such a failure.
Thats because Netflix Instant isn't tied to a chip. It works on many devices.
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#13It seems to me that this will actually become a desireable feature, if only because the masses are ignorant of DRM. I wonder if other chip makers will be forced to "offer" DRM in order to compete.
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#14I would hope this constitute anticompetitive behavior. If only intel can decrypt movies and studios only make them available for intel procs, this can seriously hurt all other chipmakers.
How is this different from Netflix only making movies available via Windows DRM? Netflix has expanded, but initially it was the same deal.
And it remains entirely at Netflix's discretion whom they trust. I agree it's a Bad Thing, but the content industry is entirely predicated on artificial monopolies.
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#15Isn't DRM on noninteractive content (not games) doomed to failure?
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#16I'm curious how users on newegg and related sites will take this and how much it will hurt Intel's sales.
Re: New Intel processors to contain DRM suggested by Hollywood studios
#17As one of the comments suggests, this seems doomed to failure. Paying for a streaming version of a movie doesn't seem very desirable, as it's inherently non-portable. There's a good chance I want to watch somewhere I don't have real[0] broadband. If it's too difficult to do that, I can always find a torrent. This situation does not seem likely to change. [0] Mobile "broadband" doesn't count. In most places, it is ent…
> Paying for a streaming version of a movie doesn't seem very desirable Right, that's why Netflix Instant is such a failure.
Um, if Netflix Instant charged users per movie, it would've been a failure. The reason people love Netflix Instant is: one low monthly fee; unlimited, unmetered use of the service.
This is night and day different from what Hollywood wants to do, and what Intel is trying to enable them to do: force consumers to buy physical discs, or force consumers to rent from a hardware-enforced DRM'd digital kiosk.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Paying for a streaming version of a movie doesn't seem very desirable Right, that's why Netflix Instant is such a failure.
Um, if Netflix Instant charged users per movie , it would've been a failure. The reason people love Netflix Instant is: one low monthly fee; unlimited, unmetered use of the service. This is night and day different from what Hollywood wants to do, and what Intel is trying to enable them to do: force consumers to buy physical discs, or force consumers to rent from a hardware-enforced DRM'd digital kiosk.
OK, good point.
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#19Isn't DRM on noninteractive content (not games) doomed to failure?
Yes.
If a human can view it, you can always, always, always copy it, reproduce it, and share it. No matter how much HDCP you throw at it, no matter what specialized hardware you devote to it...in the words of Mr. Universe..."you can't stop the signal."
(And all the King's horses, and all the King's men, couldn't put the industry's shitty paranoid ineffective wannabe DRM back together again.)
Re: New Intel processors to contain DRM suggested by Hollywood studios
#20Isn't DRM on noninteractive content (not games) doomed to failure?
Unless the game cannot effectively be played offline, I think that'd also be doomed.